Looking to buy a new case

alau8

alau8

alau8

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I have a budget around £100, with another £100 for a cpu liquid cooler for my i5 -4670k.
I have a MSI Z87M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (but I might upgrade to a better Micro atx mobo, suggestions?) and I've been looking at the Cosair 350D & 540 Air and the Phantek Enthoo Pro/Luxe.
Any more suggestions?

ps. Hope this is the correct sub-forum to post in, I'm quite as you can see!
 
alau8 said:
I have a budget around £100, with another £100 for a cpu liquid cooler for my i5 -4670k.
I have a MSI Z87M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (but I might upgrade to a better Micro atx mobo, suggestions?) and I've been looking at the Cosair 350D & 540 Air and the Phantek Enthoo Pro/Luxe.
Any more suggestions?

ps. Hope this is the correct sub-forum to post in, I'm quite as you can see!
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You consider wanting extra silencing on your case? Look up the Fractal R5 case(Not sold on OCUK) but its a good price for it! lots of good reviews and videos for it
 
I do like the look of the Corsair cases but I've never actually built a system in one so can't comment on that side. I do however have the Enthoo Pro and can recommend it as a superb case, very easy to work with. I would say however that it is pretty big and possibly a bit overkill sizewise if you only want a micro-atx style system?
 
nails666 said:
I do like the look of the Corsair cases but I've never actually built a system in one so can't comment on that side. I do however have the Enthoo Pro and can recommend it as a superb case, very easy to work with. I would say however that it is pretty big and possibly a bit overkill sizewise if you only want a micro-atx style system?
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I've heard bad things about the Enthoo Pro's window being easily scratchable, but then you can't expect no scratches on a window. I don't really mind whether its a purpose micro-atx case, as I currently have the Bitfenix ProdigyM and I'm willing to upgrade.
 
lawrence281 said:
You consider wanting extra silencing on your case? Look up the Fractal R5 case(Not sold on OCUK) but its a good price for it! lots of good reviews and videos for it
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I've seen reviews and video of the R5, and I find it quite nice! But I'm planning to have lights and etc, so a windowed case would be ideal.
 
I've always been a little puzzled about the comments of scratched windows as surely it's more down to how careful you are with the case? I've had mine for a few months now and have no scratches but then I'm not moving the case regularly (it's certainly not a suitable case for taking to LAN parties :)) or taking the panel off and on a lot.
 
nails666 said:
I've always been a little puzzled about the comments of scratched windows as surely it's more down to how careful you are with the case? I've had mine for a few months now and have no scratches but then I'm not moving the case regularly (it's certainly not a suitable case for taking to LAN parties :)) or taking the panel off and on a lot.
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Interesting that you said its not suitable for lan parties. I'm at university right now and take my PC back for the holidays (xmas and summer) and the ProdigyM case is pretty neat for that. Would I have a problem with the Enthoo Pro?
 
well it's not any specific design feature that makes it unsuitable, just it's sheer size and weight. It's nearly 15cm taller and 20cm deeper than the ProdigyM and due to it's very solid construction it weighs a ton (real weight may actually be slightly less that that ;))
I've carried it from my dining room where I built it into my office and even on that short trip I was concerned about dropping it. If it's just a couple of times a year then it'll probably be ok but it's not something I'd want to be carrying around on a regular basis.
 
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